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Anonymous   05-26-2005 at 12:36:03 PM

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Hi
Until recently I had the PC Suite from Nokia installed on my Laptop. When I
uninstalled the suite the desktop icon remained and I cannot delete it. When
right clicking on that icon there is no "delete" in the drop down box and
highlighting properties achieves nothing. I have run various spyware/adware
detection programs and my system is clean. Also I have search my system for
any "nokia" file and can find nothing except the desktop icon in desktop. I
have also tried deleting it from My Computer and Explorer but to no avail.
Very grateful to any guru that may hold an answer.
--
Enjoy Life and excel in all you do

PJC

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Anonymous   05-26-2005 at 04:57:55 PM
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H PJC,

From an administrator account follow this path, if the file is there
delete it if you can.
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop

--
Regards,
Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
http://dts-l.org/

PJC wrote:
> Hi
> Until recently I had the PC Suite from Nokia installed on
> my Laptop. When I uninstalled the suite the desktop icon
> remained and I cannot delete it. When right clicking on
> that icon there is no "delete" in the drop down box and
> highlighting properties achieves nothing. I have run
> various spyware/adware detection programs and my system
> is clean. Also I have search my system for any "nokia"
> file and can find nothing except the desktop icon in
> desktop. I have also tried deleting it from My Computer
> and Explorer but to no avail. Very grateful to any guru
> that may hold an answer.

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darren   05-26-2005 at 04:04:41 PM
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Try running Desktop Cleanup.

Right click on your desktop and in "Arrange Icons By" menu Select "Run
Desktop Cleanup Wizard"


"PJC" <PJC@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B13B4BB2-58F1-4311-980E-6AFD419B3F58@microsoft.com...
> Hi
> Until recently I had the PC Suite from Nokia installed on my Laptop. When
I
> uninstalled the suite the desktop icon remained and I cannot delete it.
When
> right clicking on that icon there is no "delete" in the drop down box and
> highlighting properties achieves nothing. I have run various
spyware/adware
> detection programs and my system is clean. Also I have search my system
for
> any "nokia" file and can find nothing except the desktop icon in desktop.
I
> have also tried deleting it from My Computer and Explorer but to no avail.
> Very grateful to any guru that may hold an answer.
> --
> Enjoy Life and excel in all you do
>
> PJC

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